Part I. Complete each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one printed before it. Use the word given in CAPITALS (if provided).(10 points)
1. The company presents a gold watch to each of its retiring employees.
Each _______________________________________ .
2. The Pacific Ocean is on average deeper than The Atlantic.
The average _______________________________
3. The result of the match was never in doubt.
At no ________________________________
4. Were Jack not so affluent a man, she would not be dating him. (BUT)
_______________________________ , she would not be dating him.
5. By chance I was in that town when the earthquake started. (HAPPENED)
I _________________in that town when the earthquake started
Part 2:
GOOD AT LANGUAGES
At school, Sarah Biggs says she was very bad (0) at languages. Now she speaks English, Spanish and Italian and works (1) _ a bilingual secretary in a travel company in
England. (2) several foreign languages at work is not easy, but for Sarah, and other multi-lingual secretaries like her, it is all standard practice.
Sarah comes from Spain, (3) she attended school and college. But it was time spent abroad after college that encouraged her interest in languages.
In her job, Sarah has a great deal more responsibility than the title of secretary would suggest. She stresses the importance of (4) fluent in Spanish because part of her job is dealing (5) customers from Latin America. (6) such clients come from abroad, she has to translate everything they say into English. She is given (7) time for preparation at all, so this aspect of her job is one of the (8) _ difficult.
It is important for Sarah to be up-to-date with changes (9) her own language, so she reads Spanish newspapers and books looking for new additions to her vocabulary. Sarah says she (10) not give up this job even if they offered her a better salary in another company
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2 Are you optimistic about our chances of getting promotion?
3 I am not quite sure about the meaning of this word
4 Crossing my fingers and being optimistic are the best things I can do
5 I have doubt about his being late as usual